Bactra philocherda Diakonoff, 1964

Passoa, Steven C., Brown, John W., Dombroskie, Jason J., Young, James D. & Berghe, Eric Van Den, 2025, Annotated list of the Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of Honduras, Zootaxa 5633 (3), pp. 401-434 : 420

72. Bactra philocherda Diakonoff, 1964 ( Fig. 31 ).

In his description of this species, Diakonoff (1964) reported specimens from the southeastern U.S.A. (Florida), the Caribbean ( Dominica, Cuba, Jamaica), Central America ( Panama), and western Africa. Like most species of Bactra , the host is reported to be Cyperus species ( Cyperaceae ) ( Diakonoff 1964, Keeley et al. 1970, Roditakis et al. 2016).

Specimens examined: Honduras: Dept. Comayagua, Comayagua, 8 Apr 1980 (1♂), S. Passoa ( SCPC).

Figures

FIGURES 25–32. Tortricidae of Honduras. 25, Anacrusis turrialbae (male) (USNMENT02007054); 26, Anacrusis turrialbae (female) (USNMENT02007055); 27, Anacrusis ellensatterleeae (female) (USNMENT02007053); 28, Templemania sarothrura (USNMENT02007052); 29, Tina adaculana (USNMENT02007051); 30, Tinacrucis aqulia (USNMENT02007050); 31, Bactra philocherda (USNMENT02007050); 32, Bactra verutana (USNMENT01585533)